Alice Hawkins Suffragette. A talk by great-grandson Peter Barratt

Lectures & Tours
Music & Performance
10 March 2024
14:00 - 15:00

Free Event

Event Description

Free talk for International Women's Day - FULLY BOOKED

Alice Hawkins Suffragette. A talk by great-grandson Peter Barratt

This event is now fully booked.


To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, great grandson Peter Barratt and actress Ruth Pownall reprise their sell out Edinburgh Fringe spoken word show on Leicester suffragette Alice Hawkins.

Peter and Ruth give a stirring account of her hard-fought campaign for women’s right over a 100 years ago.Illustrated throughout by the suffrage collection still with her descendants, including Alice’s sash, hunger strike medal and more.

Free event!

Limited capacity, book your place online or through Newarke Houses Reception on 0116 225 4980.

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